Bottle-holder.



C. W. TOGKNELL.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FlL-ED 050.21. 1918.

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Application filed December 21, 191%. Seriai No. 267,818.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. 'liocn-v NELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin at Kenilworth, in the county of Union and State of NewJersey and useful Bottle-Holder, of which the following is aspecification.

llhis invention relates to a holder for nursing bottles. One of itsobjects bein to provide an elastic supporting device w ich can beconnected to the sides of a baby carriage, chair, or the like and whichwill hold a bottle in position where it can be grasped readily and atthe same time prevented from being thrown aside and broken. 1,

A further object is to provide a device of this character which issimple and inexpensive in construction, can be readily mounted, cannotcause injury to the child be- With the foregoing and other objects inview which will appear as the description proceeds, the inventionconsists of certain novel details of construction and combinations ofparts which will hereafter be more fully described and pointed out inthe claim it being understood that various changes may be made in theconstruction and arrangement of the parts without departing from thespirit, or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as setforth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeenshown.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of the holder, the positionof a chair or the like relative thereto and of the supported bottle,being indicated by dotted lines.

have invented a new Fig. 2 is section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. '3 is sectionon line 3--3 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of one of the support engagi terminals.

Referring to t e figures by characters of reference 1 designates a lightcoiled spring the ends of which are clamped or otherwise secured withinthe slit sleeves 2, formed at the inner ends of the hooks 3. A loop 4:1s slidably mounted on the spring and engages a ring 5 formed of acoiled spring and which is adapted to slide and to grip firmly upon abottle B when inserted thereinto.

In using the holder the spring is extended longitudinally and the hooks3 placed in engagement within the sides of a chair, carriage or otherstructure indicated at S. The bottle can then be placed in engagementwith the ring 5 and will be yieldmgl y supported by spring 1. As theloop 4 1s slidable on the sprin 1, the bottle can-be positioned whereveresired.

What is claimed is:

A holder for nursing bottles, comprlsmg support engaging hooks, a coiledspr ng con stituting the sole connection between the hooks, a loopmounted to slide and sw ng upon the spring, and a bottle gr pping ringcomprising an endless coiled spring extendthrough and supported by theloop.

Fn-testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, have hereto afigxedmy signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES W. TOCKNELL.

Witnesses:

Jenn GROGAN, J. '1. SMITH.

